Sunday, October 5, 2014

Windham Lady Eagles varsity soccer has started the season off
strong with a record of 7-0. They’ve beaten McAuley, Sanford, Cheverus,
Westbrook, Thornton Academy, South Portland and Gorham. They had their first
test against Thornton Academy, where the score was 2-0 at halftime. The first
goal came when Jenna Soucy took a shot, bobbled by the goalie, and Melissa
Morton finished it.

Soucy then had the second goal of the night, putting a
perfect ball into the top right corner of the net. At the start of the second
half, Thornton’s Tori Daigle had two breakaway goals in the first sixteen
minutes, making the score 2-2. Windham didn’t give up. Maggie Symonds placed a
great ball to Morton who capitalized on it, putting Windham up 3-2. Holly
Spencer, who had a great game that night, received a beautiful through-ball
from Soucy, and Spencer put the ball top middle to make the score 4-2. The game
ended 4-2 Windham! So far, Thornton is the only team that has scored on the
Lady Eagles. Last Friday night, Windham played under the lights at home against
Gorham.

Towards the beginning of the game, defender Emily Kent saved what could
have been a huge goal for Gorham and would have made the game 1-0. Freshman
Maggie Symonds scored late in the first half for Windham. Before the goal,
there was a lot of commotion inside the box after a block by Gorham’s goalie.
Windham’s Morton was down in the box, an expected foul by Windham that would
have given them a penalty kick, however Symonds found the ball and put it in
the back of the net making it 2-0. Symonds ended up with two goals for the
night. Soucy also had goal, making the final score 3-0. Goalie, Elizabeth
Mycock, had two saves for Windham. Some upcoming home games for Windham include
tests against Biddeford, Scarborough and Marshwood.